Obamacare’s birth-control rule promotes slaughter of babies

The recent letter, “ruling gives businesses ploy to bypass birth-control mandate,” in Obamacare is so annoying because the writer speaks of enforcing a law that mandates the slaughter of unborn children for the selfish desires of women who have sex with someone they don’t love and then want to destroy the product of that relationship. There couldn’t be anything more selfish or evil in the world than to destroy a human being before it is born into this world.

Having served in a Christian Ministry in 42nd Street and Times Square from 1980 to 1994, I saw many women decide against having abortions after seeing the actual pictures of aborted fetuses. Three pregnant women were going to the abortion clinic and once they saw the pictures they went home and had their babies. A year later they came back and showed us their beautiful little babies — babies that would have been dumped into the garbage a year earlier.

When is America ever going to learn that God is angry with the wicked every day? Almost 2,000 years ago a virgin named Mary was pregnant with the Son of God. Her husband didn’t understand and she was frightened. She trusted God and Jesus was born to save sinners.

What if she had an abortion? These very people who now celebrate Christmas would have thrown our Lord and Savior out with the trash. May God have mercy on their souls and a nation that saves whales and allows genocide of our most fragile human lives.

Leo Feher, Youngstown

Maybe Khrushchev was right: America lacks strong discipline

Crime has gone RAMPANT in the last few years. There is now a high volume of drugs in communities across America. Every year there is more violence, and it just keeps growing. There is no doubt that at this rate every community will be traumatized with fear. We must break this culture of violence in the U.S.A.

It has been said, “Spare the rod: Spoil the child.” When parents withhold discipline, the children are “thrown out with the bath water.” The former premier of the U.S.S.R., Nikita Khrushchev, once said to the U.S. in the 1960s, “America will destroy itself!”

I surely don’t support communism, but I feel Khrushchev must have felt the U.S. lacked discipline.

At that time we had a hippie movement and an increase in illegal drug use. Starting with the parents teaching small children at home to kindergarten through the 12th grade, instruction should be given about substance abuse. Children and young adults should have information embossed in their minds that substance abuse destroys humans and leads to premature death.

We, as a nation, are headed down the wrong path. If people in the U.S. would regard drugs and crime on the same level as playing the lottery for uncertain gains, this nation would be pretty much drug free.

Paul R. Lawson, McDonald

Whipping boys in tea party brew evil, mayhem for future of the US

Deep cuts in food stamps, trying to eliminate the COLA (cost-of-living adjustment) in Social Security, wanting to destroy the Medicare system, fighting to prevent the elderly and disabled from exercising their right to vote, trying to eliminate women’s rights and pushing for another job killing so-called fair and free trade agreement in the (TPP) Transpacific Partnership are just some of the things the whipping boys in the tea party congress are trying to shove down the American people’s throats.

Some of the things they think are needed are cutting more taxes for their millionaire and billionaire campaign contributors, giving big corporations trade deals on a fast track so they can move their operations off shore to countries that pay slave wages, eliminating all collective bargaining for public employees, breaking all unions, making all states right-to-work states, lowering or eliminating the minimum wage, etc. I could go on and on but I’m only allowed so many words.

The worst part of this bunch of tea party members is the way they are trying to brainwash the American people with out and out lies and innuendo. Lies about the president, lies about women, lies about anything that is anti-tea party, and they have Rush Limbaugh spewing lies 24-7. He’s the tea party leader and the idol that they worship.

The American people are starting to wise up to these people who would like nothing better than to see big corporations running the country. Remember this when you go into that voting booth, and say to yourself “they aren’t going to take away my right to vote.”

Bud McKelvey, Hermitage, Pa.

Stand up for Stand Your Ground

Regarding the bill in the Ohio General Assembly on revising the state’s gun laws: Ohioans, there’s nothing wrong with “Stand Your Ground” laws. They stop bullying when one leaves childhood and enters adulthood.

Steve Kopa, Weirton, W. Va.

Portman overlooks key point in his Op-ed on Obamacare

The Affordable Care Act funded the retiree health care plans of more than 6,000 corporations from the time it became law until now. At that time, it was expected that companies would have been eliminating their retiree health care plans to cut costs.

Those funds ensured that people who were forced into retirement before they became eligible for Medicare had a health plan. Otherwise, those retirees would have had to buy heath care plans on the open market. The retirees who had pre-existing conditions would have been quoted unaffordable premiums or denied coverage.

The previous system offered nothing to those people. The current system gave them a four-year life line. The current system ensures that they will be able to buy coverage next year and will be able to get subsidies if they have a low income.

Sen. Rob Portman conveniently overlooked those provisions of the ACA when he wrote his commentary that was published in The Vindicator recently.

This is not the first time that one of the president’s foils has been accused of “bearing false witness” regarding the ACA.

Thomas Pirko, Kirtland

Youngstown mayor unworthy of ‘Mr. Accountability’ title

Your article revealing the years-long rent-free status of the A.P. O’Horo business and the gall of our city leadership to react as innocent bystanders is appalling but not surprising.

We re-elected this government saprophyte to yet another position at the taxpayer trough. How dare Mayor Charles Sammarone be called Mr. Accountability when he has turned a blind eye to the citizens of Youngstown once again.

It would not be surprising if the big plan for Albert Street is oil and gas drilling. If Annie Gillam’s constituents are unhappy about a little concrete dust, wait until they might get the full monty from the fracking industry.

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Hey Bud, there you go again spewing liberturd BS. Who signed the Nafta trade agreement Billy Bob Clinton and his demoncrat buddies who promised that that would create a lot of jobs. NOT! It's time to start cutting food stamps to able bodied people . I'm tired of paying for them to sit on their lazy arses. The poor people have voted for demoncrats for over 50 yrs. and they are still POOR! You try to make it out that the demoncrats like the middle class . Really what have they done lately to really help them. ? Giving out freebies to them doesn't help them it only allows the demoncrats to control them.

Stand your ground law or not. if you break into my house you best have brought a toe tag because they will need it to ID you. Because I'm NOT running away like a coward My safety along with my families comes first!!!!!. The liberturds seem to want coddle the criminals I won't !!!. Why have all the black communities representatives voted against this bill ? maybe to protect their own kind.

Norma McCorvey "Roe v Wade" who was at the heart of the ruling on January 22, 1973. which legalized the right to an abortion in all 50 states. Interesting to note that she later changed her mind and she is now a vocal anti-abortion activist.

Evidently Ms. Lukasko believes that only the wealthy are entitled to healthcare. Why is it that "the greatest nation" is the only industrialized country that does NOT provide health care for it's citizens?

Think someone drank some bitter Kool Aid or the light has finally shinned a little on Obama and they do not like what they voted for 2X.

5 years of nothing, more scandals the Nixon. And just be honest if Obama came up through the ranks of a Young Republican and sat at his desk with a [R] beside his name. Every long knife would be out for him , protests in every city, the media would be ripping him every minute of the day and be labeled worse than GWB.

Everyone received what they voted for a progressive community leader that in the end people are still looking to see what he really lead even back then. A George Soros sock puppet. AND A COOPERATE SEAT IN THE OVAL.

If you were wealthy in 08 you have made money the last 5 years. If you were poor as dirt and took advantage of government assistance programs chances are you are better off. If you work for a living your butt has been a train tunnel and the light you see is the train coming back out of the tunnel. And chances are you just might loose your healthcare and be forced into Government run healthcare program.

The TEA Party is your worse fear even though there is no actual party or sign up sheet. Just a bunch of people kinda P.O. at everything So I will cling to my guns, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and remember this it only took 3% of Americans to start a revolution the first time and buddy if there is a "D" beside your name and a "R" for RINO you might want to seriously reconsider your values for 2014

It takes a ID for Obama Care can we use that to vote with also? Or is that Jim Crowish?

Lies from day one coming from Obama and i would run out of room if repeating them all. So start with transparency and lobbyist.

In vitriol fertilization WILL BE the method of conception.In vitriol fertilization will shape this debate within a decade.Human control of the zygotes genetics is beneficial.Humans will reap life long benefit from this service.We the People & Insurance companies will demand it.An example: Natal intensive care can costs millions of dollars a week.This money will be saved and used to provide the service.

'Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.'

eivo and lukasko, let me first ask you something...at what point did you conclude that using or practicing birth control is the same as abortion? I mean honestly, is there something wrong with your brains?? I think it's a legitimate question, that requires a response, considering the leap of logic you made in the first instance.

If you follow the low information put out by the media you would conclude that contraception includes only certain things "preventative". They do not mention ACA coverage for IUDs, and drugs like Plan B and Ella that kill the embryo by blocking its ability to implant in the uterus essentially starving the embryo to death. The FDA specifically advises that ella should not be taken if there is a “known or suspected” pregnancy. Scientific studies show that ella not only prevents implantation, but can harm an “established” pregnancy. The FDA’s prescribing instructions for ella cite animal studies demonstrating high embryo-fetal loss.

First of all, car insurance isn't a right eivo, it is mandatory! Good comparison. That would be great if employers didn't offer any Heath insurance plans or contributions. Pay check= 1k, my health insurance premium= 1k. If I could even get health care, because it isn't a right. With the exception of the wealthiest people, the streets would look like a disease ridden 3rd world country. You people would be the first ones on the phones to your congressman if you were stricken with a disease and couldn't pay for health insurance. "I PAY TAXES" you would yell, and you would demand assisistance. Extreme right, hypocritical loonies. If only Hitler's parents practiced birth control......

@ Eivo, I apologize about the car insurance, that was a comment that Cathy made with your name by it. I can apologize when mistaken. The employer's not offering insurance wasn't directed towards you, but at the comment that Cathy made, you just assumed I was talking about you. I happen to be a very productive and dependable employee who has worked at the same place for the last 21 years, with outstanding evaluations for probably 17 out of those 21. And then the military prior to that. So at least I'm not a freeloader. Yet to hear what you do for a living.

So warm and fuzzy. One of the bad things about religion is that you can make up a whole conversation between God and a fictional man and pass it off as religion.. I don't believe that is scripture, so you are basically putting words into God's mouth. I am not pro abortion, I a pro BIRTH CONTROL. Although a conservative Republican stated once, that it is not a legitimate rape if the woman conceives I believe that abortion is acceptable in extreme cases of rape and incest only..

I didn't say anything about birth control after conception. It is funny how someone who is so PRO LIFE could be such a jack arse to others. You make me doubt all that is good in this world. I know you don't work, so go get a good, meaningful hobby and do something productive. It can't be related to dealing with people though.

you ask anyone on here if you think that post was a joke, or you trying to preach and see what answer you get. I haven't heard many funny jokes about abortion. It is funny you say that I am too serious, because I am known as a laid back, easy going jokester by friends and co-workers. People just irk me with their stupidity on here. Not you 76, but others. Although we have different beliefs on a lot of things, you do seem intelligent. Others just get under my skin because of their hate propoganda. I probably shouldn't even read any of this crap because it just brings me down.

Not a funny joke.You could just as easily have suggested that the savior was prevented from being conceived (a reference to birth control).That would be offensive to the Green family (Hobby Lobby) who supports birth control.

True, my joke is not funny when you seriously think about the 1.2 million fetuses aborted each year because of inconvenience in the name of women's right to choose. Over 55 million since Roe v Wade. From 2001 to 2010, the # of abortions fell by 9 % and the # of teen abortions dropped about 30 %. Is it possible that people are becoming more informed? Interesting that Norma McCorvey, the woman behind Roe v Wade is now pro life.

It's an oxymoron that abortion is considered women's health. Talk about a war on women!

Here's another thought to ponder. What if vasectomies for men became the common practice of birth control and reversed when couples want to conceive?

Lets stop and think about the drugs in general for a second, and the affordable care act overall. The root of the law is to make health care affordable, with doctors being able to do testing and preventative maintenance being foremost, since the problems in the health care system are chronic illnesses, and the prevention on heart disease, stroke, and cancer being the primary bloodsuckers of the financial burdens families face. The birth control drugs arent being dispensed as just a cure all for permiscuious sex, but as a preventative drug against ovarian cancer, just as smoking cessation is now covered by Medicaid for those who wish to quit smoking for the health of themselves as well as their families. The overall goal of the Affordable care act is to lower the total cost of health care in the United States. When are we going to see that the politicians who are being kept in office by the lobbyists who work for the drug companies are feeding into the puritanical upbringings of the Christian right wingers, to vilify a drug that has been overwhelmingly shown to reduce the risk of the very disease that kills young woman, mothers, grandmothers...the very loved ones we would do anything to help make sure they never had cancer in the first place? Its Not about an abortion, when its about your life is it? Is it selfish to want a wife to be there for her children and not taken away too soon by cancer when we have the ability to stop it?

drpaultot: "The birth control drugs arent being dispensed as just a cure all for permiscuious sex, but as a preventative drug against ovarian cancer,"

No dr, (questionable), the pill is NOT, correction NEVER prescribed as a preventative drug against ovarian cancer,. However it may, just as breastfeeding or having given birth, lower your chances of getting ovarian cancer.

Where does the IUD, Plan B and Ella fit into this "cancer prevention" as you say.

Ytown76, I was stating the benefits of the drugs. doctors prescribe drugs that are primarily used for one disease or disorder for a completely different one all the time. Lithium is an anti seizure medication, but is given to Bi polar patients all the time, Clonidine is for blood pressure, but is often taken with others for ADHD. IUD, Plan B, and Ella rent covered, but ask your doctor to be sure. Here is more information about benefits of birth control, as well as the risks.

Less than 1 % of pregnancies are from rape and incest.And these two excuses for abortion is old. Adoption is always there and a long list of people would be thrilled to have a new born. Grant it it would be hard to carry a child due to rape. And DNA will be taken when this happens and put into a data base searching out possible matches in order to help find and convict the rapist. Any excuses for abortion are pathetic.

A man died and went to heaven and he asked God why nobody had ever found a cure for his disease. God told him i sent several babies to become doctors but people kept aborting them.

Christians need to ask them selves when asking God to change the city state and country. The answer is simple: God just may answer them and say you want change , you want a better country quit aborting over 50 million people.

Buy this time Saturday over 3000 abortions will take place in this country. Abortion is murder it is that simple.

KSUGrad: There is no known way to prevent ovarian cancer. The pill is never prescribed as a cancer prevention.

Although birth control pills may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer but is also linked to higher cervical, breast and liver cancer rates.

Suggesting off-label use won't fly because the doctor may prescribe birth control pills for a primary use such as the obvious or for irregular periods, PCOS or even acne but not as a cancer prevention.

I was 28 years old and my husband and I were anxiously, excitedly, awaiting the arrival of our second child. I was very happy with my OB-GYN and was going to all my prenatal care visits. During my seventh month the nurses and doctor said they were "having difficulty" hearing fetal heartbeat and that the baby wasn't "as active" as they would like, but don't worry and come back next week for a recheck. I was scared, and prayed a lot, but wasn't discouraged. The next week they told me that my baby was dead. I felt like my heart was ripped out of my chest. Doctor told me that my body would naturally abort the fetus, "in God's time". I'll never forget that phrase. Two weeks later I still appeared to be pregnant, but just could not bear being in public, for all the world to see, our child never to be born. Three weeks later the doctors confirmed that the fetal tissues and skeleton was collapsing, Still we were waiting for "God's Time". After five weeks I pleaded with my doctor to take this decaying mass from my body. He explained that it would be a violation of his Catholic faith to do so, just continue praying. As I was also Catholic, I understood why he held that position against abortion, yet it didn't seem justified. I would continue to pray.

After almost seven and a half weeks I went into septic shock (blood poisoning) and almost died. The reason for the septic shock was obvious to the ER physicians, I was carrying a decaying mass in my uterus, waiting for "God's Time". I had blood transfusions, and consented to an abortion.

Needless to say I was a heartbroken, physical and emotional wreck. I needed to and tried to talk with my pastor, he refused to speak with me because I'd consented to an abortion, the circumstances (I was told by his secretary) made no difference.To this day, I still feel pangs of guilt when I hear the abortion discussions. While I could rationalize that I had an abortion to save my life, I also know that I should have had an abortion as soon as fetal death had been confirmed. "God's time" brought me to the brink of death.

Years later, I reflect on the lesson I have learned and wish that other could comprehend it. There are many reasons why a woman may elect to abort, some not so obvious to the public. Those reasons maybe selfish and self serving, and there are yet other reasons that are none of my business. I can not and should not judge another's motives. I leave that to God.

My doctor's blind adherence to his religious beliefs almost cost me my life. Advocates who declare that abortion is not an element of women's health are promoting the same-misguided and uninformed notion.

Every time I'm exposed to the abortion controversy I'm reminded of the child I lost and how close I came to my own death, I can't begin to tell you how painful it is to rip open that wound.

@Pauline, not much you can say about your story except for wow and thanks for sharing. Often there is a blurred line between one's religious beliefs and common sense. The God I believe in forgives. When a religious leader shuns another person, it is a immediate red flag. I wish you well and hope you cling to your beliefs and not let the actions of morons sway you.

Pauline: My sympathies to you and your family for your loss after carrying a child for 7 months.

I am shocked by what you had to endure as a result of a grossly uncaring doctor whose actions border on malpractice. What a monster.

I do not understand how the word abortion was used if your child died in utero of natural causes or unknown causes. An abortion refers to an operation or other intervention to purposely end a pregnancy.

A spontaneous abortion (medical term) where the fetus did not survive before it is viable (before 20 weeks) is also called a miscarriage. Although a miscarriage is the loss of pregnancy before 20 weeks. If a fetus dies due to natural causes after 20 weeks, is considered stillborn. If you did not go into labor, or continued to have complications, a D&C would have been necessary. A baby at 7 months cannot be absorbed into the system.

When a miscarriage happens before 20 weeks, and you have not passed all of the tissue (incomplete abortion) a suction dilation and curettage (D&C) of the uterus may be needed to remove any retained products of the pregnancy.

Although I cannot even begin to know your grief, I do understand the heartbreak of miscarriage. At 5 weeks gestation, the twin of my son was miscarried. I went on to deliver a healthy baby boy but we always wonder why the other did not survive but hope to meet this precious soul in heaven. Before early pregnancy tests, many women did not even know that they were pregnant when they miscarried. In your case, you carried to nearly full term and had time to bond and anticipate the birth. Please understand that you did nothing wrong. You did not end the pregnancy but for reasons unknown, the baby did not survive. Shame on the people you came into contact with who did not have the decency or compassion to comfort you in your time of need. Peace be with you.

On one hand you expressed sympathy, but then you proceeded to lecture her on definitions. Couldn't you just have been compassionate?

I took the thrust of Pauline's letter was that she was victimized by a doctor who was in his ideological box. She was rejected by her priest who was in his anti-abortion box, and now feels stigmatized by others who say that women's health and abortion are"oxymoronic".

I don't know anything about your qualifications to provide medical definitions, but please know that the CDC says"In the United States, there is no standard definition of the term 'stillbirth'. ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State Definitions and Reporting Requirements (PDF) (1997 Revision ed.). National Center for Health Statistics

Cosmo: You misunderstood my response to Pauline. There is no lecture only an explanation of the difference in terms . What I read was that she lost her baby at 7 months gestation. The doctor refused treatment. I said I do not understand how the word abortion was used if your child died in utero of natural causes or unknown causes to which I went on to explain the differences.

I didn't read any reference to her ending the pregnancy although according to Pauline "There are many reasons why a woman may elect to abort, some not so obvious to the public". Sadly, Pauline has lived with the misconception that a D&C would constitute an abortion.

~ A stilllbirth is defined by the CDS as follows: Fetal death refers to the spontaneous intrauterine death of a fetus at any time during pregnancy. Fetal deaths later in pregnancy (at 20 weeks of gestation or more, or 28 weeks or more, for example) are also sometimes referred to as stillbirths.http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fetal_death.htm

@76 if you are under employed, just quit and go get another job, people do it all the time. That is what you and eivo recommended people do if their employer's religious beliefs are pushed on them. @eivo, just was at service this morning. Jesus is the reason for the season.

ELF2, Yes, the procedure, dilation and curettage, involves scraping of the lining of the uterus and can be done for various diagnostic and therapeutic reasons. However, an abortion, purposely ends a pregnancy by way of an abortion pill, D & C, extraction method or partial birth abortion. Our poster did not have a viable fetus and needed to be treated for what was a life threatening condition. People die from sepsis (blood infections).

Unless you've been under a rock for the past 2 weeks, this entire thread has been about “ruling gives businesses ploy to bypass birth-control mandate,” The birth control in question is available only by prescription.

@76, your response was on topic to this thread, but not to my statement towards you. Eivo's and your stances and comments suggest that if you don't like your employers medical coverage because their religious beliefs, just go get another job. In your comment, I believe in another thread, you stated you had a long 11 months of being out of work, you found a job, but you are under employed. I simply suggested you follow your own recommendations by just quitting and go get another job, it is easy and people do it all of the time. It makes my point that it is hard to find a job with med benefits, so now add in trying to find a job with medical benefits that meets your needs and matches your new employer's religious beliefs. It sounds easy, but it is not. I hope you weren't collecting any type of unemployment or anything, because I wouldn't want you to fall into Eivo's freeloader category.

Regardless what thread, you said it. It all relates to health care coverage. It is just the fact when you get called out on your double talk, you don't want to talk about it. But to your credit, at least when you get backed into a corner, you avoid it in a much more subtle way than your co partner eivo.

dontbeafool: my quote: " You are free to work somewhere else if you don't like the benefits they provide. If you don't get 3 weeks vacation in your first year of employment, accept another job with that benefit. If you don't like working nights or weekends, accept a day job."

I'll add to to that. If you don't like it but you have to work there since there is no other option, you can follow Nancy Pelosi's suggestion to "Embrace the suck".

BTW, in case you didn't know, Unemployment Insurance FUTA tax, is paid for by the employer and is taxable as income. In times of high unemployment, the benefits are expanded.

So just quitting and finding another job with benefits isn't that easy now, is it. I think you just fell into Eivo's freeloader category. There are hundreds of jobs in Vindy jobs listed every day, just ask eivo.

You are too funny! When I mention SNAP, I get from you, "is there a free hand out that you are not in favor of?" If you are for it, it's okay. You take that hostage taker approach too I see. If you are in favor of something, and you think it is a good program, then why not just be for it? Instead, you would rather take it hostage unless your demands (repeal Obamacare) are met. Wonder where you got that philosophy from? Maybe from the Tea Baggers!

Let's not call it murder because you know, sometimes people are just not mature or responsible enough to be ready for a child even though they're mature or responsible for sex, and murder sounds so harsh...choice is much nicer.

And let's just call an IUD and the morning after pill "birth control" even though they terminate the fertilized embryo.

Recent "studies have not established that emergency contraceptive pills prevent fertilized eggs from implanting in the womb, leading scientists say. Rather, the pills delay ovulation, the release of eggs from ovaries that occurs before eggs are fertilized, and some pills also thicken cervical mucus so sperm have trouble swimming.""Leading scientists say studies ... provide strong evidence that Plan B does not prevent implantation, and no proof that a newer type of pill, Ella, does"-http://www.catholicworldreport.com-

Come out of your bomb shelter Eivo. Someone is always under an attack with you. It is a war on babies, it's a war on men, it's a war on women. Second thought, stay in your bomb shelter..... Until there is a war on grumpy, old, unemployed, hypocrites, you are SAFE.

Ms. Belluck failed to mention is that 90 percent of those pregnancies “miscarried” and the other 10 percent were “lost to follow-up”. So what the studies supporting the FDA approval of Ella actually show is that even the dose of Ella used as “emergency contraception” is high enough to interfere with the early development of the embryo in such a fashion as to increase the miscarriage rate if a pregnancy is recognized.

If predicting ovulation were so simple, the rhythm method would be all that we need to prevent pregnancy.

Medicine and science can't agree whether the morning after pill delays ovulation, or changes the environment to prevent the fertilized egg from implanting into the uterus. If you trust science for their theory, in order for Plan B to be effective you have to have not yet ovulated.

Menstrual Cycle 101:

Ovulation can vary from between Day 11 and Day 21 of a woman's cycle. Hence the reason the rhythm method fails.

Days 15-22 After releasing the egg (ovulation), the follicle produces progesterone, which thickens the lining of the uterus for implantation. The egg is fertilized in the outer part of the fallopian tube, generally within 12 hours of ovulation. After it is fertilized, the egg slowly travels down the fallopian tube.

Days 23 to 24: Between 6 and 8 days after ovulation implantation of a fertilized egg can take place. When the fertilized egg attaches itself to the uterine wall and begins to produce hCG it is called implantation and can be detected by a pregnancy test.

Labels inside every box of morning-after pills, drugs widely used to prevent pregnancy after sex, say they may work by blocking fertilized eggs from implanting in a woman’s uterus. Respected medical authorities, including the National Institutes of Health and the Mayo Clinic, have said the same thing on their Web sites.

From Mayo Clinic: "Morning-after pills do not end a pregnancy that has implanted. Depending on where you are in your menstrual cycle, morning-after pills may act by one or more of the following actions: delaying or preventing ovulation, blocking fertilization, or keeping a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. However, recent evidence strongly suggests that Plan B One-Step and Next Choice do not inhibit implantation. It's not clear if the same is true for Ella".-http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/morning-after-pill/MY01190/DSECTION=why%2Dits%2Ddone

From National Institutes of Health: "Emergency contraception (Plan B or Next Choice) most likely works by preventing or delaying the release of an egg from a woman's ovaries. This method prevents pregnancy in the same way as regular birth control pills. " -http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007014.htm

Providing a source that contradicts your argument suggests that maybe you haven't done the research you claim

1. Morning-after pills do not end a pregnancy that has implanted.2. Depending on where you are in your menstrual cycle, morning-after pills may act by one or more of the following actions:...delaying or preventing ovulation...blocking fertilization......keeping a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus...However, recent evidence strongly suggests that Plan B One-Step and Next Choice do not inhibit implantation. It's not clear if the same is true for Ella.

With that information, we know that if we take the morning after pill before ovulation, it can delay the egg from being released. Of course, relying on whether ovulation has already occurred is the age-old rhythm method.

Or, it can prevent the fertilized egg from being implanted into the uterus which prevents the pregnancy from progressing and terminating the pregnancy.

The FDA specifically advises that ella should not be taken if there is a “known or suspected” pregnancy. Scientific studies show that ella not only prevents implantation, but can harm an “established” pregnancy. The FDA’s prescribing instructions for ella cite animal studies demonstrating high embryo-fetal loss.

So in a sugar coated world, Plan B, the morning after pill works if you have not ovulated because it delays ovulation, but if you have already ovulated it won't work. It's not clear if the same works with Ella but it does suggest that Ella keeps a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.

The morning-after pill (brand name Plan B) and the week-after pill, which actually only works for five days after unprotected sex, is called ella.Both are classified by the Food and Drug Administration as contraceptives. Neither is the same as the abortion drug RU486, or Mifeprex. That pill isn't considered a contraceptive and isn't covered by the new insurance requirements.The constant references to Plan B and ella as abortion-causing pills frustrates Susan Wood, a professor of health policy at George Washington University and a former assistant commissioner for women's health at the FDA."It is not only factually incorrect, it is downright misleading. These products are not abortifacients," she says. "And their only connection to abortion is that they can prevent the need for one."

Emergency contraceptive pills will have no effect on an established, implanted pregnancy. There is one exception, which is ulipristal (ella®), a prescription-only emergency contraception. Although the available data is vague, it is likely that ulipristal might be able to disrupt an established pregnancy, based on the way it works and on its similarities to mifepristone (also known as RU-486 or "the abortion pill") by blocking progesterone, a hormone necessary to build and maintain the uterine wall,

Guess who are the Preserving Core Values in Science Award Winners for 2005 and 2012? None other than Susan Wood and Georgetown Law Center student Sandra Fluke who testified before Congress on behalf of Nancy Pelosi that "Forty percent of the female students at Georgetown Law reported to us that they struggled financially as a result of this policy,” Fluke said, referring to the fact that the university doesn’t pay for contraception. “Without insurance coverage, contraception, as you know, can cost a woman over $3,000 during law school.”

76ytown, This is what YOU said ":Labels inside every box of morning-after pills, drugs widely used to prevent pregnancy after sex, say they may work by blocking fertilized eggs from implanting in a woman’s uterus. Respected medical authorities, including the National Institutes of Health and the Mayo Clinic, have said the same thing on their Web sites"

This is what the Mayo clinic website says:"However, recent evidence strongly suggests that Plan B One-Step and Next Choice do not inhibit implantation."

Your source, makes the distinction that of the many "morning after pills" one may interfere with implantation. They are even more careful by saying that the research is not clear that implantation is inhibited.

Your problem is that you are trying to paint all EC with a broad brush.

If you want to make the argument that the prescription only Ella, may interfer with implantation, go ahead.

Expansion of that position to all morning pills is either ignorant or dishonest.

And you have chosen to broadly characterize one particular contraceptive ("morning after pill"), dishonestly.

Just as the author of the original letter has broadly characterized birth-control as baby slaughter. Rational people know that is not true. Granted that some birth control measures will result in fetal or embryonic death, but most do not.

Similarily, I would be absurd to say that gun ownership promotes killing of six year old students. Despite that some guns have been used for just that.